Validation of two-dimensional variational ambiguity removal on SeaWinds scatterometer data

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1229-1245

  Vogelzang, Jur ^a   Stoffelen, Ad ^a   Verhoef, Anton ^a   De Vries, John ^a   Bonekamp, Hans ^b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^b EUMETSAT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOY MEASUREMENTS; BUOY OBSERVATIONS; ERROR MODEL; EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONES; NOWCASTING; SCATTEROMETER DATA; SCATTEROMETERS; SEAWINDS; SMALL-SCALE FEATURES; STATISTICAL COMPARISONS; WIND SPEED; WIND VECTORS;

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TWO DIMENSIONAL; WIND EFFECTS;

QUALITY CONTROL;

ERROR ANALYSIS; NADIR; NOWCASTING; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SCATTEROMETER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 73049091743     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JTECHA1232.1     Document Type: Article

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